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.
So, this was important to the Allied victory because Germany was being kept from taking over territory. Another reason that this battle was important is that the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the first major losses for the German army.his first major loss was important to the Allied victory because the morale of the German army was lowered and the German army was weakened by all of the resources they used on the Battle of Stalingrad that did not help them to win.