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 Regiment (1766). 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 March 21, 1794, he was appointed chef de brigade in the 94th Infantry Regiment; then he became commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment (France) on April 19, 1796. He was promoted to provisional brigade general on June 5, 1800, but he died on June 9 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.