Thursday October 31 1861

• Skirmish near Morgantown, KY, with a Confederate attack on a Federal camp repulsed.
• Skirmish at Greenbrier, WV.

Friday October 31 1862

• Union forces advance from Bolivar and Corinth, MS, upon Grand Junction, TN. (Oct 31-Nov 1)
• Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad from Bolivar, TN, to Coffeeville, MS. (Oct 31-Jan 10, 1863)
• Federal scout in Monroe County, MO.
• The Federal bombardment of Lavaca, TX.
• Skirmish at Aldie, VA.
• Skirmish at Franklin, VA.
• Skirmish near Mountville, VA.
• Skirmish at Snickersville, VA.
• Skirmish near the Falls of the Kanawha, WV.

Saturday October 31 1863

• Brig. Gen. Louis Ludwig Blenker, USA, dies on his farm, in Rockland County, NY, having resigned from the Union Army Ranks on Mar 31.
• Skirmish at Barton's Station, AL.
• Skirmish at Washington, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.
• Skirmish at Yazoo City, MS.
• The Federal bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC, continues to reduce the fort to rubble.
• Affair near Weaverville, VA, as the Confederates surround and capture 3 Union tents with sleeping men inside who were supposed to be guarding the cattle within a mile or two of Federal Army headquarters.

Monday October 31 1864

• Skirmish near Shoal Creek, AL, as Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood, CSA, prepares to move his Confederate army into Tennessee, assuming Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, will pursue him.
• Nevada is admitted as the 36th State of the Union.
• The Union naval occupation of Plymouth, NC.

Tuesday October 31 1865