CSA 11-ADa, 10¢ milky blue pair (3 margins) tied CULPEPER C.H. / Va. // JUL / 21 [1863] cds on fresh cover to Miss Fannie Ridley, Jerusalem, Southampton, Virginia/ [care of] Col. Ridley; slightly reduced at right.  $250.

Col. Thomas Ridley III (1809-1875) is interred at Ridley Family Cemetery in Southampton County, Virginia. The inscription on his grave marker says “CSA – Captain of a cavalry unit of ‘Bonnie Doon,” but information on this is somewhat illusive.