The read
The series ran 2 seasons across 12 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
35 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 6 ep2016 |
| 2 | Season 2 | 6 ep2017 |
Cast
- Mary Elizabeth WinsteadMary Phinney
- McKinley Belcher IIISamuel Diggs
- Suzanne BertishMatron Brannan
- AnnaSophia RobbAlice Green
- Norbert Leo ButzDr. Byron Hale
- Josh RadnorDr. Jed Foster
- Hannah JamesEmma Green
- Tara SummersAnne Hastings
- Shalita GrantAurelia Johnson
- L. Scott CaldwellBelinda Gibson
- Luke MacfarlaneChaplain Henry Hopkins
- Peter GeretyDr. Alfred Summers
Stills
Themes
nursehistorical fictionperiod dramaunion soldierconfederate soldieramerican civil warhistorical drama