Mercy Street (2016)
Mercy Street is a 2016 drama series created by David Zabel and Lisa Q. Wolfinger. It stars Josh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and 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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What is Mercy Street about?
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.
When was Mercy Street released?
Mercy Street was released on 17 January 2016.
How many episodes does Mercy Street have?
Mercy Street has 12 episodes across 2 seasons.
Who made Mercy Street?
Mercy Street was created by David Zabel and Lisa Q. Wolfinger.
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Cast
- Josh Radnor as Dr. Jed Foster
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Mary Phinney
- McKinley Belcher III as Samuel Diggs
- Hannah James as Emma Green
- Tara Summers as Anne Hastings
- Norbert Leo Butz as Dr. Byron Hale
- AnnaSophia Robb as Alice Green
- Shalita Grant as Aurelia Johnson
- L. Scott Caldwell as Belinda Gibson
- Luke Macfarlane as Chaplain Henry Hopkins
- Peter Gerety as Dr. Alfred Summers
- Jack Falahee as Frank Stringfellow