joining us also is ashley-bowen -- ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd at brown university. our focus has been the panel you did at the aha on the pbs show "mercy street." let me start with you, ashley. how would you describe that showed to people who have not seen it and how realistic is it? ashley: it is a scripted drama that takes place at a union field hospital. exceeding a union general , hospital. it is pretty accurate. they worked with a lot of historians. they did a lot of research into both what occupied alexandria was like an specific family members -- the green family, a major character in the show. they were real people. some of the physicians and surgeons and other folks are composites of the various people who would have worked there, but there is a lot of reality. the new york times called it "gray's anatomy" with crinolines, pretty good description? >> the fabric that civil war women would have worn. ashley: which i think is pretty accurate. which makes it pretty accurate. as much as there is medicine and history, it is also really funny and there is drama an

. >> here to talk about disabled sarahwar veterans, handley-cousins, and ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd in american studies at brown university. thank you for joining us. the focus has been the panel you did at the pbs show, mercy street. let me start with you, ashley. thatould you describe showed people who have not seen it, and how realistic is it? ashley: it is pretty accurate, they worked with a lot of historians, they did a lot of research into both what occupy alexandria was like come and specific family members. the green family was a major character in the show they were , real people. some of the physicians and surgeons are composites of the various kinds of people who would have worked there. but there is a lot of reality in the show. it new york times called with crinoline, which is a pretty good description. it is pretty accurate. drama, loveunny, stories and other stuff as well. sarah, why were they interested in having a discussion on what "mercy street " means to historians like you? sarah: ashley is the one who figured out the idea for the panel. and it came

. >> here to talk about disabled sarahwar veterans, handley-cousins, and ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd in american studies at brown university. thank you for joining us. the focus has been the panel you did at the pbs show, mercy street. let me start with you, ashley. thatould you describe showed people who have not seen it, and how realistic is it?

joining us also is ashley-bowen -- ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd at brown university.ur focus has been the panel you did at the aha on the pbs show "mercy street." let me start with you, ashley.