As a child Jackson was born on the border of North and South Carolina. At the age of 14 he lost his mother to cholera. She was nursing American soldiers held by the British back to health. His father died before he was born. Jackson was now an orphan. At the age of 13 he was in the army and was captured by the British at the Battle of Hanging Rock. When one of the British officers demanded that Andrew clean his boots Jackson refused. As a punishment he struck Jackson over the head with his saber, leaving scars for life.
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