User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/October 31

October 31

 * 1861 - American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.
 * 1863 - The Maori Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of the Waikato.
 * 1917 - World War I: Battle of Beersheba.
 * 1941 - World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 United States Navy sailors.