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.
Lee and the Confederacy give up hope of being able to invade the North/ Union army starts an upward momentum of victory after victory in the last 2 years of the war Why are the cities of Vicksburg and Port Hudson significant in light of the Union war strategy?