Andrew refused, and the officer slashed him with a sword, leaving him with scars on his left hand and head. Robert also refused and was struck a blow on the head.[14] The brothers were taken to a prison camp in Camden, where they were malnourished and contracted smallpox.[15] In late spring, the brothers were released to their mother in an exchange.[16] Robert died two days after arriving home, but Elizabeth was able to nurse Andrew back to health.[17] Once he recovered, Elizabeth volunteered to nurse American prisoners of war housed in British prison ships in the Charleston harbor.[18] She contracted cholera and died soon afterwards. She was buried in an unmarked grave.[19] The war not only made Jackson an orphan at age 14,[20] but led him to despise values he associated with Britain, particularly aristocracy and political privilege.[21]

Early career
Legal career and marriage
Painting of Rachel Jackson by Ralph E. W. Earl (1823, the Hermitage, Tennessee)
After the Revolutionary War, Jackson worked as a saddler,[22] briefly returned to school, and taught reading and writing to children.