A Southern Woman's Story Author:Phoebe Yates Pember From 1862 to 1865 Phoebe Pember served as matron of a division of Chimborazo Hospital in besieged Richmond, VA. This hospital was the largest ever built in the Western Hemisphere. Phoebe's account of her experiences there is written with merciless realism tempered with humor. She tells of the scandals, the gossip, the greed, and the selfishne... more »ss, along with the courage and the needless suffering of the wounded soldiers in that dark age of medicine.« less