According to page 137 it says that, "'That's what's so strange and tragic about all of this,' he said. 'Friends fighting friends, kin against kin . . . It's all so wrong and unnatural. Here we are, two armies desperate to win, and all the time there's this queer . . . respect . . . between us." I cannot envision myself fighting to death and not having my family and friends on my side, but instead against me. Such as how Mason and Custis were opposing their cousin Buck. The difference is the cousins did not want to face another on the field, while some were merciless and willing to murder one another. This relates to the effect because not having family to me means that you have nobody. Mainly because family is everything and personally I believe it’s the most important thing in life. In conclusion, these were three of the many emotional/phycological effects of the Battle of Gettysburg. Although the Slopes of War follows a realistic fictitious story it and has historical facts and is told in an omniscient point of view, the author’s use of conveying the physical and emotional/psychological effects of war was one of the most touching and passionate techniques in the