Joseph PerrinJoseph Perrin was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars.CareerPerrin enlisted in the French army in 1770 as a soldier in the. 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 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 lifeHe was the son of Agathe Perrin. He first got married around 1780; then he married Catherine Heer around 1800.