Only vicariously, M'Lud! I'll pass on a lot of the gritty realities, such as a death by suppuration after a bayonet thrust or, maybe worse, 18th century dentistry.
Which brings us to Joseph Warren, American patriot and member of the Sons of Liberty. He was named a Major General prior to the battle of Bunker Hill and chose instead to serve as a private soldier. He was killed standing up to the British charge at Breed's Hill and got buried in a common grave, disinterred by relatives somewhat later and identified only by the dental work he'd had done. By a fellow named Paul Revere. Who he had sent out on that ride to Lexington and Concord two months earlier.
Revere made his own dental tools, and used them. Before novocaine was invented. Just shoot me up, Doc. ;-)
For a while I was studying the Bozeman trail history, focusing on the stories about Fort Phil Kearny and such. What surpised me was finding out that cold and starvation killed more Calvary men than conflicts. They don't show that in the movies.
We live in comfortable times.