Col. Hurst and the 6th TN hold a special record. No Confederate commissioned officers committed the atrocities on civilians that compare with such brutality. Even Hurst's superior officers were horrified and ashamed of him. From the Hurst Family website:

Hurst extorted money from the people of Jackson, Tennessee before burning it down.

True. The Sixth Tennessee Cavalry was blamed for the vandalism of a millinery shop there owned by a Mrs. A.A. Newman, even though they claimed and tried to prove that soldiers from the Third Michigan Cavalry and the Second Iowa Cavalry were the real culprits. The military ruled that $5,139.25 would be deducted from their payroll as compensation.

Several months later, Hurst and his men returned to Jackson and demanded $5,139.25 from its citizens, threatening to burn down the town if they didn't get it. He got the money, they left after a few days, then returned and set fire to parts of the downtown area anyway. It was discovered that Hurst had deposited the ransom with a Memphis dry goods business with no intention of sharing it with his men.