Mercy Street Season 1 is an American period medical drama television series based on Mary Phinney von Olnhausen’s memoir Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars. It is set during the American Civil War and follows two volunteer nurses from opposite sides who serve at Alexandria’s Mansion House Hospital.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Mercy Street Season 1 via streaming services such as Amazon Prime Video.
Is Mercy Street Season 1 available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Mercy Street Season 1 is available to watch via streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Inspired by actual events, the first season delves deeper into the lives of a unique group of people, including Southern loyalists, doctors, nurses, and workers engaged in illicit labor, as they come to understand the chaotic world of the Mansion House Hospital in the early years of the Civil War and Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia.
The main cast includes:
- McKinley Belcher III as Samuel Diggs
- Suzanne Bertish as Matron Brannan
- Norbert Leo Butz as Dr. Byron Hale
- L. Scott Caldwell as Belinda Gibson
- Gary Cole as James Green Sr.
The show also boasts a number of other capable actors.
Watch Mercy Street Season 1 streaming via Amazon Prime Video
Mercy Street Season 1 is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. Moreover, a subscription to the streamer allows you to access several movies and TV shows, including originals like The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Wheel of Time, and A Million Miles Away.
You can watch via Amazon Prime Video by following these steps:
- Go to Amazon Prime Video
- Select ‘Sign in’ and ‘Create your Amazon account’
- Sign up for a Prime Video membership:
- $14.99 per month or $139 per year with an Amazon Prime membership
- $8.99 per month for a standalone Prime Video membership
Amazon Prime is the online retailer’s paid service that provides fast shipping and exclusive sales on products, so the membership that includes both this service and Prime Video is the company’s most popular offering. However, you can also opt to subscribe to Prime Video separately.
The synopsis for Mercy Street is as follows:
“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.”
NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.
