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.
Roughly seven months after the fall of Vicksburg, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman took his army across central Mississippi, intent on undermining that regionâs ability to wage war. His military target was the rail center of Meridian, but Shermanâs troops tore up railroad tracks and burned military stores all along their route.