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.
Vicksburg was the last remaining Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. When it finally fell, the Union controlled the whole of the Mississippi and was able to cut the Confederacy in half. The city of Vicksburg didn't celebrate the Fourth of July for some 80 years after wards. Ronald D Â· 10 years ago.