The level of interactivity is surprising. If I'd had something like this back in history class I would have enjoyed it a lot more. Kind of ironic that this app demonstrates how a newspaper should be ported to iPad while doing it with "news" that is 150 years old! It's a great template for future history books.

This is a must download! This app shows what can be done when a developer puts their mind to the task of creating a unique and amzing app. The combination of history and mondern technology seen in the app makes it hard to put down. If you are a fan of history, The Civil War specifically, or just great apps, then you need this on your iPad. Is it worth $7.99? At least. Remember, you are getting 4 years of content with this app. It will update daily as The Civil War runs its course laying out the events in real time. The news articles are great. The videos are well done and look great. The pictures and maps are a joy to look at on the iPad's screen. One of the coolest features is the diary section. It is a collection of writings from 15 individuals that gives the war a personal touch. In addition to that, it such a well laid out app. As another reviewer stated, it would serve as a great model for a current newspaper app. Do youself a favor and download this app. You are getting content for the next 1400+ days. How is that not worth $7.99?

Lots of great resources here, worthy of 5 stars in both content and presentation. The use of archival materials makes it a very rich experience and lots of fun. But where are all of these great resources from? Where are the originals preserved? Not crediting the sources (anywhere that I can find) is both bad journalism and bad history. Credit the sources and I'd gladly change to 5 stars.

Great old timey newspaper viewer, with ultra zoom into individual pages and stories. High res scans! Super cool app, fluid navigation, compelling layout.

Amazing bargain considering new content every day for the next 4 years!

I love the app and it's ability to tell a day by day account of the war.Moreover, I love the quality of the app, the pictures and articles are very crisp and sharp. The only problem is I don't know that I will have access to day one etc. four years from now. As a history student doing student teaching this will help. Just don't know if it will help when my iPad dies or I have to get a new one. I wish the developer would mention if you can access all info years from now. I would love to integrate this app into the classroom. I believe this is a great example for future apps in the field of education in all subjects. I will be e-mailing the developer in hopes that I will be able to e-mail day by day to myself with photos and ability to access all content even four to ten years from now. Great app.

This app provides a unique look at the Civil War through daily updates, allowing you to explore historical content "as it happens". Presented in a newspaper-front-page format, the people and stories come alive as you browse letters, pictures, and maps. I especially like the social network tie-ins and medals you can get for achievements. Speaking of medals, the person who did the typography and layouts should be given one.Best app I've bought lately - well done 'History Channel' hope you do more of these. Also 'Bottle Rocket' is really outshining all app developers these days!

This app has honestly taken me by complete surprise. After reading a couple other glowing reviews I decided to pick it up, and since then I have been recommending it to all I know. I can't say that I've ever been a history buff, but with this I can easily see myself at least starting to become one. Great app...5 stars and then some

Well it looks like A&E and Bottle Rocket sent a memo out to their employees to review this app, because the 5 star reviews here are WAY off!First, this app is basically a nice looking front-end to a bunch of web content. It doesn't even work unless you are connected to the internet.Second, unlike the 5 star reviews, there is NOTHING special done in this app that takes advantage of the iPad. Windows are opened with a tap, and closed only by tapping on an X in the upper right of the window!! (no pinch to close or tapping in the background to close). Take a look at Flipboard to see how navigation should be done on the iPad.Next, while it's nice that you can view previous days, you cannot view future days. So it will take you FOUR YEARS before you can see all of the information that this app pulls from the web.This app is worth $1.99 max, and the high praise reviews here are very questionable.

Holy cow this app is amazing! It has news stories, laid out in a great, useful, easy to use format, has journal / diary entries, including copies of the actual handwritten diaries, interactive sections with various facts, casualty counts, photo galleries, maps, etc. Only one small improvement I'd make is to give us the ability to back out of sharing an article (via a telegraph...very cool). If you accidentally touch it, you have to send it and then go back into the app. That's a minor thing though.I love how the stories come out in "real time" only one day's worth of news is released per day. What a great way to learn about this period in history. Very well worth the cost of this app!I would love to see this same kind of app for the American Revolution, but imagine what an undertaking that would be!