John Wilkes Booth was a well-known actor and a Confederate spy from Maryland; though he never joined the Confederate army, he had contacts with the Confederate secret service.
dʒˈɑːn wˈɪlks bˈuːθ wʌzɐ wˈɛlnˈoʊn ˈæktɚ ænd ɐ kənfˈɛdɚɹət spˈaɪ fɹʌm mˈɛɹɪlˌænd; ðˌoʊ hiː nˈɛvɚ dʒˈɔɪnd ðə kənfˈɛdɚɹət ˈɑːɹmi, hiː hæd kˈɑːntækts wɪððə kənfˈɛdɚɹət sˈiːkɹᵻt sˈɜːvɪs.