

The Observations and Experiences of a 7th U.S. Infantryman at the Battle of Big Hole
Sgt. Charles N. Loynes in his letters to Lucullus V. McWhorter By: Robert Luppi, Friends President Charles N. Loynes was an U.S. Army soldier who served with the 7TH U.S. Infantry Regiment from 1875 to 1880. He was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on July 15, 1853 and had been employed as a painter before his enlistment in the service. Loynes’ military duty took him to the Little Big Horn in June 1876 as a member of the Montana Column where, at age twenty-two, he witnessed