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.
1) It was the last time that a Southern Army invaded the North. 2) The South lost men that it couldn't replace. 3) The Southern Armies lost the chance to re-provision by plundering the North (Lee's men were looking for shoes! I am not kidding.) More important, however, was the collapse of Vicksburg on the Mississippi that happened at the same time. 2) It demonstrated Grant's rising star. 3) It eliminated a major export/import route for southern arms & men. Both events happened in the same week.