I suggest you read Mary Livermore’s depiction of Mother Mary Bickerdyke’s Civil War career. When a group of officers made a formal complaint to Sherman about Mother Bickerdyke’s efforts in support of sick & wounded soldiers he replied, “I cannot help you, she ranks me.” She rode beside Sherman at the head of the western armies during the Grand Review at the end of the war. That lady was a force of nature.
When scurvy broke out during the siege of Vicksburg, the army could not get the fresh onions, vegetables, & other sources of vitamin C needed to keep the men healthy. Grant sent Mary Livermore north to gather supplies collected by Sanitary Commission Fairs in Chicago, etc. Grant told the commander of the 14 vessel convoy that he was to regard Mrs. Livermore’s directions to have come directly from Grant, himself. Within a very short period of time, Livermore’s flotilla was sounding their whistles at landings above Vicksburg. The fresh food was distributed & the scourge of scurvy was eliminated. Sherman credited Livermore with saving the army from having to lift the siege of Vicksburg. The entire episode rates two pages of ho-hum all in a day’s work text in her memoir.