TheBurnsArchive

Based on real events, Mercy Street, produced by Ridley Scott, goes beyond the front lines of the conflict and into the chaotic world of the Mansion House Hospital in Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia. Mercy Street takes viewers 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

Dive deeper into the Civil War era with Stanley B. Burns, MD & The Burns Archive @ pbs.org