about three o'clock in the morning
Dan , of course , followed his father . As soon as it was learned how enthusiastic the soldiers were , it was decided that Milam 's party should meet on the following day at an old mill near the camp . At this mill the company of volunteers numbered exactly three hundred and one , and this force was divided into two divisions , the first under Milam and the second under Colonel Frank W. Johnson . `` We will move on the town about three o'clock in the morning , '' said Colonel Milam , and this was done , the first division going down Acequia Street and the second taking to Soledad Street . Both streets led directly to the main plaza of San Antonio , and each was heavily barricaded and swept by General Cos 's artillery . The two divisions moved with caution , but as they crept along between the low-lying stone houses a Mexican sentinel saw the body under Johnson , and gave the alarm . `` We are discovered ! ''