 Hines had to abandon his men as he swam across the Ohio River under gunfire.After wandering around Kentucky for a week, Hines rejoined General Morgan at Brandenburg, Kentucky.Colonel Basil W. Duke made a disparaging comment in his memoirs about how Hines appeared on the Brandenburg riverfront, saying Hines was "apparently the most listless inoffensive youth that was ever imposed upon"; despite being Morgan's second-in-command, Colonel Duke was usually not told of all the espionage Hines was carrying out, causing some to believe that Hines and Duke did not like each other, which was not the case.