Phoebe Yates Pember Phoebe Yates Pember was a Richmond nurse during the Civil War. She served as the matron of Richmond's Chimborazo Hospital, reportedly the largest military hospital in the world in the 1860s. Courtesy of UNC Chapel Hill Libraries http://www.lib.unc.edu/ This photo is in the public domain Print Full Image Institution UNC Chapel Hill Libraries Related contentThis Week in History: Birth of Confederate nurse Phoebe Yates Levy PemberThis Week in History: Phoebe Yates Levy Pember given charge of Confederate military hospitalEncyclopedia Article: Phoebe Yates Levy Pember