John Hunt Morgan's Raiders arrived in Versailles at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 12, 1863, robbed the county treasury, and obtained fresh horses. They also captured and paroled 300 local men who had assembled in hopes of defending Versailles. After one of Morgan's men robbed the local Masonic Lodge of its jewelry, Morgan, a staunch Mason, ordered the items returned and the thief reprimanded. The Raiders left at 4 p.m. in several directions with orders to converge at present-day St. Paul. Union General Edward H. Hobson and the pursuing Union Cavalry arrived Sunday evening, only four hours behind Morgan, and that night the Union forces camped west of Versailles.