He can be a powder monkey aboard ship. Reminds me of the scene in John Wayne's The Horse Soldiers where a woman begged the old colonel/commandant to dismiss her son and granted permission, she dragged him out of the band (where he received a spanking from the damned Yankees).
"Honey, I told you we had to leave earlier to get to the depot on time, but did you listen? No! So we missed the train and now we have to walk to Atlanta."
Either his job is In The Rear With The Gear or he just left the Sutlers buy all brand new everything. Not a speck of hard Soldiering dirt on him. She needs a real Manly Soldier to escort her around. Besides he looks like her Dad anyway!