On April 14, 1865, just five days after the war's end at Appomattox, he was attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Mary, when he was fatally shot by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth.
ˌɔn ˈeɪpɹəl fˈoːɹtiːn, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv, dʒˈʌst fˈaɪv dˈeɪz ˈæftɚ ðə wˈɔːɹz ˈɛnd æɾ ɐpˈɑːmɐtˌɑːks, hiː wʌz ɐtˈɛndɪŋ ɐ plˈeɪ æt fˈoːɹdz θˈiəɾɚɹ ɪn wˈɑːʃɪŋtən, dˈiː.sˈiː., wɪð hɪz wˈaɪf, mˈɛɹi, wˌɛn hiː wʌz fˈeɪɾəli ʃˈɑːt baɪ kənfˈɛdɚɹət sˈɪmpəθˌaɪzɚ dʒˈɑːn wˈɪlks bˈuːθ.