The Gettysburg Network of 1863

Insight, news, and gossip about the citizens and soldiers of Gettysburg

Basil and Mary Biggs: A Network Whose Size May Never Be Known

Basil Biggs was born free, and he spent his life making freedom the right of every African American he could. His wife, Mary, was an elbow-to-elbow partner.

Basil Biggs conducted dozens of people north on the Underground Railroad.
Little talked about, Mary Jackson Biggs was her husband’s stalwart partner.

See on a modern map the key sites Basil and Mary lived, visited, and helped build.