After General Johnston's injury, President Jefferson Davis appointed Robert E. Lee as Commander of the Confederate Armies.

Lee then initiated the Seven Days Battles, which drove the Northern forces into a retreat in late June.

[1] During World War I, a number of homes were built in the area for both non-commissioned officers and enlisted men.

After the war, an investment group headed by Oliver J. Sands bought the land and buildings as surplus property.

The community was named Sandston after Oliver Sands, the president of the Richmond and Fairfield Railway, the electric street railway line which ran through Highland Springs and Fair Oaks to the National Cemetery at Seven Pines.