Joseph Perrin (28 February 1754 – 9 June 1800 in
Genoa, Italy
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) was a French
general
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of the
Revolutionary Wars.
Career
Perrin enlisted in the French army in 1770 as a soldier in the . He became
sergeant major
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History
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in 1784,
second lieutenant
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Australia
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in 1790 and
lieutenant
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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
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on 5 June 1800 but he died on 9 June from a wound sustained during the
Siege of Genoa in
Italy
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.
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.
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1754 births
1800 deaths
French generals
French Republican military leaders killed in the French Revolutionary Wars
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