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.
Best Answer: The Mississippi was essential to the Confederacy for goods and supplies, if the Union could control it they would cripple the confederate economy and strangle their army. They eventually did gain control after the months long siege of Vicksburg, which along with Gettysburg, was a turning point in the war. Control of the Mississippi River in the Civil War allowed the Union to cut Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas off from the rest of the Confederacy.