A massive hail storm struck Rockbridge County in western Virginia and destroyed wheat and other crops in the fields over a wide area. Reports at the time had hail three or four inches deep in places with stones as large as chicken eggs. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Francis Vincent, Vincent's Semi-Annual United States Register.... 1st of January and 1st of July, 1860 (Philadelphia: Francis Vincent, 1860), 418.