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Lifetime: 1823 - 1913 Passed: ≈ 111 years ago

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Phoebe Yates Pember

Books by Phoebe Yates Pember

Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron Cover image

Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron

History Memoir War
Civil War Virginia Richmond Confederate Evacuation Hospital Life Female Administrator Prisoner Exchange Burning

"Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron" is a vivid account of hospital life during the Civil War, as told by Phoebe Yates Pember, a Confederate matron who oversaw a dietary kitchen serving meals to over 300 wounded soldiers daily. Pembe...