 Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Mukutonga kwake kwechipiri somutungamiri wenyika, pana April 11, 1865, Lincoln akapa hurukuro umo, kwenguva yokutanga pachena, akatsigira kodzero dzokuvhota nokuda kwavamwe vatema, achitaura kuti Hazvigutsiwo vamwe kuti kodzero yokusarudza haipihwi kumunhu ane ruvara. Ini pachangu ndaizoda kuti zvino ipiwe kuvakangwara zvikuru, uye kuavo vanobatira donzo redu samasoja. John Wilkes Booth, wokuSouth uye mutsigiri akasununguka weConfederate, akapinda hurukuro yacho uye akatsunga kuuraya Lincoln nokuda kwokutsigira kuva mugari wevatema. Booth anonzi akati: Ndiwo mutauro wokupedzisira waachataura; akaurayaLincoln mazuva matatu gare gare. 