On 15 Feb 1863, Major-General Joseph Hooker directed that the road passing about one mile west of Brooke's Station and leading to Stafford Court House be put in condition to be practicable for artillery at all times, with corduroying where necessary using material long enough to form a double-track roadway. A large segment of that road was built by Union 11th Corps soldiers and engineers. Nearly 150 years later, the VA Army National Guard's 276th Engineer Battalion and VA Air National Guard's 203rd Red Horse Squadron built and paved the park's roads.