Joseph Perrin
# Joseph Perrin

Joseph Perrin (28 February 1754 – 9 June 1800 in Genoa, Italy) was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars.

## Career

Perrin enlisted in the French army in 1770 as a soldier in the Lorraine Infantry Regiment [fr]. He became sergeant major in 1784, second lieutenant in 1790 and lieutenant in 1791; then he was appointed chef de bataillon on 31 December 1793. On 21 March 1794 he was appointed chef de brigade in the 94th Infantry Regiment; then he became commander of the 2nd Line Infantry Half-Brigade [fr] on 19 April 1796. He was promoted to provisional brigade general on 5 June 1800 but he died on 9 June from a wound sustained during the Siege of Genoa in Italy.

## Family life

He was the son of Agathe Perrin (1724–1781). He first got married around 1780; then he married Catherine Heer (1763–1836) around 1800.

