As Mercy Street, a new drama airing on PBS, opens, the year is 1862 and everyone is reasonably certain that the American Civil War can't last much longer. Recently claimed by the Union, the city of Alexandria, Virginia is now home to Union soldiers who
Do you count yourself a longtime fan of history-heavy films? Are you obsessed with period drama? Maybe you're the type who's never missed a single series premiere on PBS. In any case, somehow you've found yourself settled in with Mercy Street, a Civil
Chicago native L. Scott Caldwell is part of the very large and esteemed ensemble cast of “Mercy Street,” a six-part PBS Civil War drama miniseries debuting at 8 p.m. Sunday on WTTW-Channel 11. Known as “Scotty,” the veteran actress shared her thoughts
Mercy Street: PBS is hoping this made-in-America Civil War drama keeps Downton Abbey viewers from changing the channel on Sunday and gives them a reason to come back when Downton finishes its run weeks from now. Reviews, however, have been
My lifelong obsession with the Civil War began when I was in high school. I would stare for hours at Matthew Brady's battlefield photographs and imagine the life behind them. The smells, the sounds, the scene, the people — I made up worlds that