On the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, science is revealing the truth behind the myth. Archaeologists have discovered the site of Chief Powhatan's capital, Werowocomoco, the spot where John Smith met Powhatan and his daughter, Pocahontas.

Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. The lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War--Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a native Confederate belle--collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town in Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors,...

At the beginning of season 2, Foster now runs the hospital as Summers finally gets that desk job in Washington City and he puts Mary in charge of running the rest of the hospital much to the frustration of Nurse Hastings and Dr. Hale.