user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: How many company commanders were commissioned or elected on November 12, 1861?
Columns: ['Regiment', 'Company', 'Company Commander', 'Date of Election/Commission', 'County']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: ['1st Militia Regiment', '"Home Defenders", Cavalry Company', 'Captain Logan Fitzhugh', 'February 8, 1861', 'Arkansas']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("Company Commander") FROM "Table" WHERE "Date of Election/Commission" = 'November 12, 1861';