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.
During the American Civil War, Union forces sought in 1862 and 1863  to capture the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi.  Located on high bluffs astride the Misâ¦sissippi River, Vicksburg was  a highly defensible fortress, and its capture proved difficult for  the Union troops.