- Mar 7 Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1889)
- Mar 8 Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (Father of Bantu Philology), born in Berlin (d. 1875)
- Mar 12 John Robert Jones, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1901)
- Mar 12 William Richard Terry, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1897)
- Mar 19 Alexander Shaler, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Haddam, Connecticut (d. 1911)
- Mar 26 Emanuel Kania, Polish composer, born in Uszyce, Poland (d. 1887)