[[File:McLean House marker.jpg|thumb|{{center|McLean House marker}}]]
[[Elizabeth Bacon Custer]]'s will of November 18, 1926, presented to the Probate court of [[New York City]] on May 11, 1933, stated: "''...the two flags of truce, one made of a white towel and the other' of a white handkerchief, which were used on the occasion of the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox, and also a table on which the surrender of General Lee to General Grant was written.''"<ref name=CusterWill>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Custer Souvenirs left to Museum |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53351328/the-baltimore-sun/ |work= The Baltimore Sun|page= 7 |location= Baltimore, Maryland|date=May 12, 1933 |via =[[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}} }}</ref> The will further explained that these items were at the Memorial Hall of the War Department Building in Washington, D.C.<ref name=CusterWill/>
A McLean house marker is at the front gate to the house. The inscription reads:
