Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of Gettysburg

By Historycentral.com

  • Category: Reference
  • Release Date: 2010-08-09
  • Current Version: 3.0
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 115.73 MB
  • Developer: Historycentral.com
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Score: 1
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Description

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG — The most comprehensive guide to the bloodiest battle of America's Civil War. Experience the three days that changed America through 59 historic battlefield photographs, over 300 general biographies with portraits, and six first-hand accounts from commanders who fought there — including General Longstreet's day-by-day narrative and the heroic stand of the 20th Maine. A narrated documentary film brings the battle to life, while two audio presentations tell the story of July 1-3, 1863 from different perspectives. Explore the full text of the Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln's immortal speech delivered at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery — 272 words that redefined the meaning of the war. The app also features Gettysburg Today — a complete guide to 16 key battlefield sites as they appear now, with photos, descriptions, and interactive maps so you can walk the ground where history was made.

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Reviews

  • Paul M

    5
    By Oinjjko
    Wonderful, the narration of the battle is first class.

  • Fairly cool

    4
    By dr_punditington
    A substantial amount of content, ambitiously produced. The audio with accompanying visuals, sometimes animated, is nice, although I doubt that that Lincoln delivered the G'burg address in such a dispassionate manner. Lots of photos of dead guys. I read somewhere that in at least some cases, they weren't really dead, but that photographer Gardner thought they looked authentic enough. Photos are high quality and look great on the iPad screen.

  • The Abundant TEXT is Far and Away TOO SMALL to READ

    2
    By 1reflectsathome
    The narrative accounts of the battle are very detailed and therefore very long. The text size appears to be a ridiculous 8 or 9 points in size. So unless you have a super sharp 20/10 vision or the eyesight of an eagle, you are continually straining to see the words. Yes you can expand the wording but then it requires you to do left to right scrolling to see the entire sentence which is perhaps even worse than straining your eye balls to see the text. This is a simple and glaring deficiency that suggests you really didn't do adequate User testing. One obvious suggestion would be to hide the rather wide, left sided menu thereby expanding the viewing area for reading text. The menu should also be hidden for reviewing battle maps which are also rather small. The photos however are easy to view and the audio playback of narratives is acceptable.

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