Set during the American Civil War, the PBS drama "Mercy Street" takes place in Alexandria, Virginia, a city occupied by the Union Army. The story centers on the Mansion House Hospital, a luxury hotel converted into a chaotic medical facility for wounded soldiers. The series follows the lives of two volunteer nurses from opposing backgrounds: Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a young Southern belle loyal to the Confederacy. They must navigate the horrors of war, the crude state of 19th-century medicine, and their own personal conflicts alongside doctors, soldiers, and formerly enslaved individuals seeking freedom. This compelling look at a divided nation is full of historical detail and human drama. The series has ended, but sign up for a reminder just in case it returns.
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Mercy Street is a historical drama television series that aired on PBS. Set during the American Civil War, the show takes place in Alexandria, Virginia, at Mansion House Hospital. It follows the lives of doctors, nurses, soldiers, and civilians from both the Union and Confederate sides as they navigate challenges brought by war. The main characters include Mary Phinney, a nurse from New England with strong abolitionist beliefs; Dr. Jedediah Foster, an experienced surgeon; and Emma Green, whose family owns the hotel-turned-hospital. Through their stories, Mercy Street explores issues like medicine in wartime, slavery’s impact on society, and personal struggles for survival and justice. Mercy Street has ended but sign up for a reminder just in case it returns to PBS in the future.
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Based on real events, Mercy Street takes viewers beyond the battlefield and into the lives of a distinctive cast of characters — doctors, nurses, contraband laborers and Southern loyalists — realizing the chaotic world of Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia, and the Mansion House Hospital in the early years of the Civil War.
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