Webster Station, on the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, was a major supply depot with many warehouses, a staging area for troops, and the southernmost station on the railroad. During the Civil War, troops marching into south-central West Virginia embarked and disembarked railcars at Webster. On June 2, 1861, Col. Ebenezer Dumont’s command rode the train from Grafton, disembarked there, and continued on foot to attack the Confederates at Philippi, with the 7th Indiana, the 14th Ohio, the 6th Indiana, and a section of artillery leaving Webster to move on Philippi.