![]() ![]() She is very skilled, but has a sharp tongue and likes to put people in their place. She is a real person who trained with Florence Nightingale. Nurse Ann Hastings also makes an appearance in Episode 1. Hale is a “by the book” surgeon who differs greatly with the more experimental Dr. Summers is a major Army surgeon who is in charge of the hospital, while Dr. He treats Union & Confederate soldiers with equal standards. He is a Union doctor more interested in preserving the Union than opposing slavery. Several doctors are introduced, including Jedidiah Foster (pictured below), played by Josh Radnor of “How I Met Your Mother.” We anticipate him being the lead storyline, along with Mary Phinney. She is also in love with Frank Stringfellow (see below) and in Episode 1, is looking for him in hopes of his imminent return from the war. She shows an interest in helping the confederate soldiers who are being treated unfairly in the hospital and it seems later will become a nurse. Emma Green’s storyline is most developed so far in the show to this point. The matron of the hospital tells Mary that the owners love the building so much “they refused to leave.” However, in real life, the Green Family moved to another home in Alexandria during the occupation, but in the show, they remain next door to the hospital. At the time, they were the wealthiest family in Alexandria and lived next door at the current day Carlyle House. We are introduced in Episode 1 to The Green Family, that owns the Mansion House Hotel, which has been overtaken by the Union Army to be used as a hospital, where the show is set. Her arrival on the scene at the hospital is greeted with hesitancy, due to her moneyed background and of course, being a woman! Focused on helping the cause, she at first is reluctant to treat any Confederate soldiers. Mary Phinney – So far, the main character in the show, Mary Phinney is a widowed, Northern abolitionist who comes to Alexandria to use her nursing skills she developed while her husband, a German Baron, was terminally ill. ![]() Much of the premise of the show revolves around the clashes between the characters in the hospital and the people of the Alexandria and the entire country – between north and south, black and white, right and wrong. The show depicts many Union soldiers, doctors and nurses that occupy the area refusing to treat the Virginia soldiers at the hospital. With its close proximity to Washington, D.C., Alexandria was occupied by Union troops. At the time, Alexandria was considered a southern city, very much a part of the Confederacy. The Premiseīased on real people and events that transpired in our city, it was largely inspired by actual diaries and letters of nurses and doctors at Mansion House Hospital, a Union hospital in the border town of Alexandria, Virginia. So, now that the show has officially premiered, we will be following the show and detailing any real life people and places mentioned in our area. Here at The Goodhart Group, we have been patiently awaiting the premiere of Mercy Street, a period drama on PBS, set in Alexandria during the end of the Civil War. ![]()
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