Looks like more Yankee propaganda and mythology than the true history as researched by actual historians. As is well documented, Hinson was the captain of a Confederate homeguard unit. The folklore and myth of him being a lone individual operating outside of any real military organization is proven wrong by the military records, both Confederate and Union during the War, a Tennessee Confederate pension record for a veteran that operated in conjunction with him, and by the post-War biographical sketch of Hinson in the Tennessee volume of the Confederate Military History set, which was done by actual veterans. The folklore, myth, and legend that McKinney has latched on to is the stuff that the Yankees and scalawags spread to denigrate the actions of him and his men. As has been discussed by park rangers at Fort Donelson Battlefield this is pulp fiction.