Abraham Lincoln is best known for serving as the sixteenth president of the United States. During his tenure, the Civil War was fought, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, and the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified. However, Lincoln also had several notable accomplishments before becoming president. One of them took place During the Mexican-American War.
Which opening sentence for a body paragraph that comes after this introduction paragraph would create a sense of cohesion between the two paragraphs?

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