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Mercy Street

Mercy Street

20166.22 Seasons12 EpisodesCanceled

Overview

Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. Based on true stories and set in a Union hospital in the occupied Confederate city of Alexandria, viewers are taken beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.

NetworksPBS

Top Cast

Josh Radnor

Josh Radnor

Dr. Jed Foster

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Phinney

McKinley Belcher III

McKinley Belcher III

Samuel Diggs

Hannah James

Hannah James

Emma Green

Tara Summers

Tara Summers

Anne Hastings

Norbert Leo Butz

Norbert Leo Butz

Dr. Byron Hale

AnnaSophia Robb

AnnaSophia Robb

Alice Green

Shalita Grant

Shalita Grant

Aurelia Johnson

L. Scott Caldwell

L. Scott Caldwell

Belinda Gibson

Luke Macfarlane

Luke Macfarlane

Chaplain Henry Hopkins

Themes & Keywords

nursehistorical fictionperiod dramaunion soldierconfederate soldieramerican civil warhistorical drama

About Mercy Street

Mercy Street is a drama series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of nurse, historical fiction, period drama, union soldier, confederate soldier, american civil war. it stars Josh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, McKinley Belcher III. Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. Based on true stories and set in a Union hospital in the occupied Confederate city of Alexandria, viewers are taken beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.

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