The screenplay for the sequel was written by Eric Roth in 2001. It is based on the original novel's sequel, Gump and Co. written by Winston Groom in 1995. Roth's script begins with Forrest sitting on a bench waiting for his son to return from school.
The battle of Vicksburg was important because secured the control of the whole Mississippi River to the Union, split into two parts the Confederacy and eliminated a Confederatâ¦e Army and its weapons. The great Union leader who emerged was Ulysses S. Grant.
The siege and battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, took place in the spring of 1863 during the American Civil War. The Union Army under General U. S. Grant forced the Confederate â¦ s into the city of Vicksburg. The Confederates held out during a lengthy siege but eventually ran out of food and other critical supplies.