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The Civil War Today app brings four years of daily history updates to your iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 16th, 2011)

History and A&E Television Networks Mobile have teamed up to bring an excellent history app to iPad owners. The Civil War Today application chronicles the events of the Civil War over the next four years. Each day, iPad users will be greeted with an update detailing the battles and historic ...

Civil War to stream for free on iOS and iTunes

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 25th, 2011)

History buffs may want to check out the free PBS video app this week. The first episode of the award-winning Civil war documentary, The Civil War by Ken Burns, is available for free for the next 10 days. The documentary can be streamed through the PBS app or downloaded for free from iTunes. ...

Civil War: America's Epic Struggle comes to the iPad and iPhone

by David Winograd (Jul 29th, 2010)

Civil War: America's Epic Struggle (US$4.99) from MultiEducator Inc. is a full history course in an iPad and iPhone app. It contains at least as much information as most textbooks on the Civil War at a fraction of the cost, while adding elements that no textbook can. There are 24 multimedia ...