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Andrew Jackson Was the youngest child of three boys Was held as a prisoner of war by the British Received bad scars from British soldier when he refused to clean his boots Brother died of small pox shortly after being released Was completely orphaned by 14 years of age when his family died of war related deaths leaving him with no immediate family and an extreme hate for the British Taught school for a time and studied law after the revolution Was a hero in the War of 1812

Ironclads The ship of the American civil war

Used steam power

Many had paddle wheel; few had screw propeller

Some had turrets that looked like pillboxes, domed cupolas, or sawed off cones Had broadsides + rotating and non-rotating turrets

Some barely stuck above the water