- Jul 2 Petrus Augustus de Génestet, Dutch vicar and poet, dies at 31
- Jul 7 John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies
- Jul 13 Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate Brigadier General, dies at 41
- Jul 21 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44
- Jul 22 Barnard Elliot Bee, US Confederate brigadier general, dies at 37
- Jul 25 Jonas Furrer, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1805)