They had “confederate soldiers” in 1850? Who knew?
He went back South and fought in the Confederate army. His father and much of his family were abolitionists.
Pierpont wrote for minstrel shows, but “Jingle Bells” wasn’t about African-Americans. It had more to do with the New England where he was born.
Pierpoint got the last laugh on Joy Reid and everyone else though.
His nephew was J.P. Morgan, maybe the most powerful man in the country.