Time after time, during the Civil War, Lincoln put a new general at the head of the Army of the Potomac, and each on in turn—McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker, Meade—blundered tragically, and drove Lincoln to pacing the floor in despair.
不是drive sb to do sth 吗？

"Drive sb to doing sth" 是一个习语，表示某事物或某人的行为或情况迫使某人采取某种行动或做某事。这种情况可能是压力、逆境、困境或某种强烈的欲望，它让人不得不采取行动。这个习语常用于描述外部因素对个人行为的影响，强调行动的驱动力和原因。例如：The pressure of his debts drove him to find a second job（他负债的压力迫使他找到了第二份工作）。